How Fox News Built the Ultimate Safe Space in 30 Years
Happy 30th birthday to Fox News. Murdoch and Ailes broke the mold in 1996. But thirty years later, don’t insult our intelligence by calling it a debate channel.
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Happy 30th birthday to Fox News. Murdoch and Ailes broke the mold in 1996. But thirty years later, don’t insult our intelligence by calling it a debate channel.
The corporate newsrooms on TV Hill function as aggressive political gatekeepers. They actively decide who gets a public platform and who gets completely erased from the civic conversation before a single ballot box opens.
The local, state and federal governments want to keep the general population on a leash. Here are five different ways they do it.
To the candidates running on credit cards and grit: You have a weapon now. If you see your opponent getting free airtime for a “staged” event, you have seven days to file a demand letter. The law is no longer prioritizing the “bona fide” news judgment of a station manager who lunches with the establishment. It is prioritizing you.